Orchestral, Overtures, Wagner (composer)
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If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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The Wagner Project
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Goerne does misery masterfully … As Goerne’s Wotan kisses Brünnhilde to sleep, the moment is so intimate that (depending on your speakers) you might even feel a peck on the cheek. Yet this isn’t... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 23rd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Wagner - Overtures & Preludes
RecommendedLilo Brockhaus, Carlotta Ordassy, Barbro Ericson, Cvetka Ahlin, Helga Jenckel, Liselotte Rebmann, Danica Mastilovic, Ingrid Steger
Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, Herbert von Karajan,...
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Nelsons directs with his customary zest and watchful sensitivity, while securing uncommonly articulate results from his dedicated band…a memorably alive and intrepidly characterful conception... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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The Organ of Westminster Cathedral
Robert Quinney (Westminster Cathedral organ, Henry Willis III, 1922-32)
It’s quite an achievement to pull off orchestral transcriptions for the organ that don’t have you missing the original, but Robert Quinney manages this on the magnificent Westminster Cathedral... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 & Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude to Act 1
RecommendedGewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
It is a fairly leisurely account, encouraging us to listen to what is happening at the moment rather than what is going to emerge from or follow it. That is fine until we reach the last movement,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Might this be the start of a complete Bruckner symphonies from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons? On the strength of this I very much hope so. The orchestra is still on with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestra of the Year
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[Fischer] and his Budapest Festival Orchestra certainly acquit themselves rather well. Their tempos are sometimes slow enough to please Klemperer and Goodall fans, but they're lightened by the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th June 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, September 2017, Also Recommended
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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